April Henry Books

When Savannah disappears after arguing with her mom's boyfriend, everyone assumes she ran away. The truth is much worse

The only thing she knows is that she must run! When Cady wakes up, she has no memory of who she is. All she knows is that there is a pillowcase over her head and a person in the room has instructed someone to "take her out back and finish her off". Cady must find a way to save herself. But how can she when she doesn't even know her name? April Henry has written another nail-biting suspense thriller, which explores such themes as murder, memory loss, identity theft and biological warfare. As in her previous novels, her strong female protagonist joins forces with another teenager. Together they race against time to stay alive and save Cady's missing family.

Piper Gray starts a true-crime podcast investigating a seventeen-year-old cold case in this thrilling YA murder mystery by New York Times bestselling author April Henry

When an impulsive carjacking turns into a kidnapping, Griffin, a high school dropout, finds himself more in sympathy with his wealthy, blind victim, sixteen-year-old Cheyenne, than with his greedy father.

Alexis, Nick, and Ruby have very different backgrounds: Alexis has spent her life covering for her mom's mental illness, Nick's bravado hides his fear of not being good enough, and Ruby just wants to pursue her eccentric interests in a world that doesn't understand her. When the three teens join Portland County Sheriff's Search and Rescue, they are teamed up to search for a autistic man lost in the woods. What they find instead is a dead body. In a friendship that will be forged in danger, fear and courage, the three team up to find the girl's killer—before he can strike one of their own. This first book in April Henry's Point Last Seen YA mystery series, The Body in the Woods is full of riveting suspense, putting readers right in the middle of harrowing rescues and crime scene investigations. This title has Common Core connections.

Discovering a diamond ring that went missing fifty years earlier, Claire Montrose wonders of the young woman who owned it really committed suicide and encounters an elderly neighbor who is willing to kill in order to keep a secret.

Cassies Stiefvater Rick ist Psychiater. Drei seiner jugendlichen Patienten nahmen sich unter mysteriösen Umständen das Leben. Kein Zufall, glaubt Cassie, und durchsucht heimlich die Patientenakten. Alle drei Verstorbenen erhielten die Verhaltensdroge Socom - ohne Erlaubnis von Eltern oder Behörden. Doch ehe Cassie Ricks illegale Experimente an eine Journalistin verraten kann, lässt er die Stieftochter in das Erziehungscamp “Peaceful Cove” einweisen. Dort beginnt die Hölle: eiserner Drill, Beruhigungsmittel und ständige Überwachung. Aber Cassies Willen kann niemand brechen. Schnell gewinnt sie eine Verbündete und zusammen planen die Mädchen den Ausbruch ...

Gefangen in einer Kammer. Umgeben von Dunkelheit. Allein mit einem Unbekannten. Er ist unberechenbar. Gabys junge Kollegin Kayla wurde während einer Pizza-Auslieferung verschleppt. Gaby findet heraus, dass es der Kidnapper eigentlich auf sie abgesehen hatte. Voller Schuldgefühle und Angst macht sie sich mit ihrem Freund Drew auf die Suche. Die Zeit läuft gegen sie, denn auch der Entführer weiß: Kayla ist das falsche Mädchen. Ein dramatischer Thriller, der mit jeder Seite spannender wird!